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JoJo Siwa & Olympian Suni Lee Sashay Onto Milestone Season 30 Of 'Dancing With The Stars': 'We're Making History'

Dancing With the Stars just made history!

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YouTube personality JoJo Siwa was announced as one of the first celebs joining the already historic Season 30 of the ABC dance competition series.

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In a series first, the 18-year-old singer — who recently came out as pansexual — will be waltzing with a female professional partner.

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“We're making history,” Siwa spilled to USA TODAY. “This has never happened on 'Dancing With the Stars' before. It's always been a boy-girl couple.”

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The bubbly blonde's dance partner has not yet been revealed, but the dancer admitting that the idea of her having a same-sex partner was discussed up front with producers.

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“I have a girlfriend who is the love of my life and who is everything to me,” Siwa gushed about main squeeze Kylie Prew. “My journey of coming out and having a girlfriend has inspired so many people around the world. I thought that if I chose to dance with a girl on this show, it would break the stereotypical thing. It would be new, different and change for the better.”

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The Dance Moms alum dished that she was given the option of if she wanted a male or female partner and she told producers she “actually would love and prefer to dance with a girl,” adding “Why not show the message even stronger that you can love whomever you want to love.”

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As OK! previously reported, In April, the newly-minted LGBTQ+ icon came out as pansexual — not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender or gender identity — noting that she is still trying to “figure it out.”

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“I still don't know what I am. It's like, I want to figure it out. And I have this joke. Her name is Kylie. And so I say that I'm Ky-sexual,” Siwa joked at the time. “But like, I don't know, bisexual, pansexual, queer, lesbian, gay, straight. I always just say gay because it just kind of covers it or queer because I think the keyword is cool.”

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Siwa's milestone announcement can’t overshadow that Olympic medalist Suni Lee was also announced as a contestant for the upcoming season.

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The 18-year-old gymnast took home three medals at the 2020 Olympics. Lee won gold in the individual all-around event, bronze in the uneven bars competition and silver during the team final.

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